McNeil v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

On October 20, 1928, at 9:30 p.m., the plaintiff left Boston for Quincy as a passenger in the rear car of a train of the defendant. He was a carpenter, sixty-seven years old, was a little deaf, wore big, heavy eyeglasses, and for many years had ridden from Boston to Quincy daily on the train. After stopping at Wollaston, the train started up, and some time later, when the train had slowed down and was moving slowly, the trainman Crouse opened the front door of the car and called out “Quincy” with the intention of notifying the passengers that the train was about to stop at the Quincy station.…